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Tacey and Achan, actually. I realized that I had just written two idiotic bad guys into the scene and couldn't resist. And yes, Achan is a Pokemon fanatic, though he'd never admit it. Especially not to Tacey. Oh, and I'm fairly sure that one of them might or might not be playing a Skill Drain Aggro deck, but that's up to you. I know for sure that neither of them play dark sanctuary since... SPOILER ALARM!!!!!!!

Oh, and one slight goof on my part. I forgot to mention that the Dark Sanctuary set was supposed to be unique. As is, I suppose I'd settle for Abidos and Miseres being unheard of. Now the question is whether Nicholas was the thief. Ooh... scary. XD

Well, I went for freaking amateur with a deck full of big dragons. Couldn't help taking a jab at the way characters in the anime always attack the solitary low-power mystery monster their opponent just summoned without checking the effect. xD

Oh, and I have no idea whether this was going to be an actual shadow game or not. Odds are that he was just bluffing with that anyway. x3

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Well, the format of a duel in this roleplay is really open to the player, so I have no problem with deviations. As long as you give the basic information of hand and LP remaining, I'm fine. As for the color scheme change, by all means continue. To paraphrase a quote from Auron, "This is your story". Or rather, this is your story arc, as far as the inclusion of Miseres goes. Anyway, I'll be taking the liberty of a last-minute deck change for Achan. I'm dumping three double summons in favor of three Soul Taker, since that seems to be a nice little recurrable spell, as well as the addition of Wandering Dragon Muthaba in place of an Archer's Battalion. Oh, and trap jammer has become decree and I ditched Shield Crush. Sorry for the inconvenience here. XD

Hurry up and get to the next destination so Michel can make his majestic comeback appearance! DX

I'm kidding of course, take as much time as you want, I'm immensely enjoying the emotional breakdowns of Tacey and Achan, plus I'm keeping myself busy trying to come up with a decent comeback post anyway... :3

Anyway, I wanted to ask about deck rulings, as in: how many can a character have, and can they be altered? I'm sure you said something about it before but I'm pretty, well, very forgetful. Plus, an outside friend is helping me with ideas for decks for some of my NPCs (one of them being him) which I'll run by the YMTC thread later on.

Nice to know, Phanima, since we're pretty much moving on to the next event once Tacey and Achan get home.

As for deck rulings, changes to the deck may be made at any time throughout the roleplay provided you have a plot reason for the change and an explanation of the presence of the new cards. Your character shouldn't have a problem with that since being rich means a whole lot of freakin' allowance money to spend on children's card games. Achan, on the other hand, has to scrounge if he wants to find something to improve his deck with. xD

Anyways, yeah...I figured the spirit matter in the last posts bears addressing. Tacey's spirit trio hasn't interjected because Tacey was so wrapped up in her own angst that she couldn't communicate with them. Sort of like a less extreme version of Judai's emo period during the society of light arc. She would have spotted black panther, but Achan caught her attention first. Now that she's transfered the torment to Achan, the spirits will be making a re-entry, though. :3

And...it looks like deck changes are made pretty spontaneously. *Pokes ACC's latest* Which reminds me...I have to figure out Tacey's Hereditary Title deck.

That aside...yay! Phanima's back! ^0^ *Confetti* Heh, you'll probably be needed after my online time takes the post-December nose dive. By the looks of it, the first few weeks of military duty are done without free weekends, so yeah...I'll have even less free time than I first thought. D= *Grumble* Stupid compulsory service...it's times like these that make me wish I was a girl. (still only put into service if they volunteer) It's sexist legislation, I tell you! Sexist! xO

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Actually, as compulsory service goes six months sounds pretty short compared to the usual two-year length (which holds for all service including military) in most other countries with that requirement. Incidentally, I was wondering about what compulsory service entailed when I got a letter from the national guard. Apparently they offer some excellent benefits. I'm seriously considering joining up once I'm actually out of high school. Well, maybe when we pull out of Iraq to minimize my chances of actually ending up seeing combat. 0_o

As for posts... I'll do one later tonight. And Achan's deck change was spontaneous, but since he hadn't played with his new deck yet I was free to change it around, since it didn't conflict with the plot. That and as RP master I can get away with all. *shot'ed*

In relation to ACC-M's request, this will be a bump in disguise. *shifty eyes

Anywho, since the plan for Michel is to return at the beginning of the second round (Japan?) I was just wondering if posting a post on the details of his time away from the action would be appropriate to explain his absence or would it just get in the way of the current plot with the Shadow Duellists? Cause I'm fine either way but Michel is becoming somewhat irritated from missing out on all the recent action. XP

Seriously though, I can wait til the next round since it'd save me some trouble explaining 'his side of the story' but if it doesn't conflict too much with what's going on so far, then I might consider posting a post or two.

*bricks AE* Take that, mortal fool!Actually, as compulsory service goes six months sounds pretty short compared to the usual two-year length (which holds for all service including military) in most other countries with that requirement. Incidentally, I was wondering about what compulsory service entailed when I got a letter from the national guard. Apparently they offer some excellent benefits. I'm seriously considering joining up once I'm actually out of high school. Well, maybe when we pull out of Iraq to minimize my chances of actually ending up seeing combat. 0_o

Well yeah, six months is short when you're not the one facing it, doesn't it?

Ahem, yes, I have the persistent anti-military whiners of this country to thank for that one. They've been applying pressure to shorten compulsory service times at every turn. x3

And I wouldn't recommend the military. No, strike that; I'd strongly recommend not going for the military. They've got enough shameless liars to put an established advertisement agency to shame (there are many uses for propaganda, you know) so you can't really trust anything they promise. At least...that's the way ours is. As an example of their methods: they hand you a 100-question 'yes or no' ticking questionnaire at 7 AM (after you've had to scramble your way into the city to attend the seminar where said questionnaire is handed out and have been put through about an hour of mind-numbing speech on how awesome the military is), give you about ten minutes to fill out said questionnaire, switch around the 'yes' and 'no' boxes at strategic points (Including statements like 'I feel that the period of compulsory military service should be lengthened for the sake of national security', 'I'm interested in further military education' (I.e. 1+ extra years to your service time <.<), and 'I am in perfect physical and mental condition and am prepared to perform a full-scale service period' (Which, if you think about it, really sucks if you have some kind of health condition)) and then tell you that you can't change your answers.

Yeah, I pretty much lost all faith in the 'moral integrity' of our armed forces after that one and I seriously doubt that their American counterparts are much better. <.< If you do go, watch your back, and always, ALWAY double-check and triple-check every piece of writing that requires you to sign or fill in something. They probably won't outright deny the truth, but they make a point of spinning and hiding the full truth at every turn and sure as heck don't tell you all you really need to know unless you press them about it. (or when you've already signed some fancy piece of non-revocable paper) At the same time, they go on about 'patriotic duty' and 'incredible experiences' with that perfectly honest and sincere expression on their faces, firm handshakes too...the works. I dunno'...I for one just hate dealing with people like that. ><

And like, I'm all for you posting again Phanima. But then, I'm not the one in charge of the plot, so...xD

Oh, and depending on timeframes I may have to delay the ebil plot of my two NPCs until after my service period. Ehh...depends on how much you peoples post and how quickly we get on to the second round.

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Hmm... thing is that the National Guard isn't actually the "army" of America, per se. It is a branch of the military, but members are usually deployed as rescue units to areas that have been hit by natural disasters (ever hear of Hurricane Katrina?) or civil disturbance control. It's the disturbance control that worries me, since I don't want to be on the wrong side of a picket fence. (This information is all from independent research, so I'm not sure if everything is one hundred percent correct). Anyway, my Grandfather was with the Navy, so I feel a little bit obligated to do something for America besides sit around on my lazy butt and dream of getting a position as an editor at some publishing company or newspaper. Of course, that option is left open to me as America is completely without civil service requirements of any sort. That's why our army has shrunk- no draft.

Eh, we need to stop talking about armies. This is a roleplaying thread, we're supposed to be ESCAPING real life by entering a constant state of denial and playing children's card games when we should probably be doing something more productive by creating beautiful and meaningful works of fiction together. [/Idiocy]

Hmm.... alright, I've made a decision. Phanima, feel free to show up, since by tomorrow I'll have posted and the day will have changed. We'll be "leavin' on a jet plane" *shot'ed for John Denver reference* and flying to Japan. (Or will we?) Well, wherever we end up you will be there. Kaykayz, LOL?

Oh, and one final thing. If we make it to Japan without a certain few people who signed up for this RP posting (which I doubt that they will), I'll be allowing people to sign up for the RP again at the change of rounds. To anyone reading this: Note that the sign-up procedure will be extremely competitive due to the limited number of spots on the team (At the moment there are two that need to be filled) so you'd best make sure that your character is well thought out and your sign up meets all requirements. For these additional sign-ups, History and an RP sample WILL BE REQUIRED. They must be either PMed to me for evaluation or posted in the RP discussion thread. Alright, announcment finished.

Meh, I doubt that one branch of the military is much more moral than the other. At the end of the day, they have the same bigwigs to please. But yeah, enough talking about the military. (Because seriously, I don't think I'll ever get tired of bashing the military, which has a certain irony to it given that I'm about to join the ranks of the faction I'm bashing, if not in a fully voluntary fashion)

Aaaanyways, yeah, finally got that post done. It would have been done a lot faster if Tacey hadn't been screaming for a new outfit (I swear, the personality I've written for this little girl is going to be the death of me x.x) and refused the completion of the IC until that had been addressed. D=

Oh, and her brand spanking new decklist will be up tomorrow (well, technically it's today but you know what I mean).

That aside, I'm going to bed. Oh, and since I'm now over an hour into 2008, happy new year's too. ^.^

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Well, if we both post as often as possible over the next few days then yeah, we'll be able to move things right along. Actually I'm planning for Pegasus to make an announcement that will allow dueling before we actually get to Japan so we won't have to go through landing and whatnot before we get the plot started. If you wanted to duel your NPCs as soon as possible then have them meet on the plane and get the character interaction and card games underway.

Phanima, I have a request: could you possibly have Michel meet the others on the plane to Japan? It would speed things along a little bit and help Achan remember that he exists.

When this monster is normal summoned while "Dark Sanctuary" is on the field, destroy one monster on the opponent's side of the field. If this monster is flip summoned or flipped face up while another "Dark Seraph" is on the field, draw one card.

Royal Cavalry
Warrior/Effect
7 Star/Earth
2600 Atk / 2200 Def

While there is a face-up "Curran" or "Pikeru" monster on your Field, this card can be Normal Summoned with only one tribute. When this card attacks, if "Court of Nobles" is face-up on your Field, your opponent may not activate any card effects until the end of the Damage Step.

Royal Emissary
Warrior/Effect
4 Star/Light
1900 Atk/ 1600 Def

If 'Court of Nobles' is not on your Field, this card is destroyed. Discard this card from your Hand to add 'Court of Nobles' from your Deck to your Hand.

Royal Enforcer
Warrior/Effect
4 Star/Light
1400 Atk/ 1300 Def

While 'Court of Nobles' is face-up on your Field, negate the effects of all effect monsters destroyed by 'Royal' monsters in battle.

Royal Magician
Spellcaster/Effect
4 Star/Light
1500 Atk / 700 Def

Once per turn, if "Court of Nobles" is on your Field you may discard one card from your Hand (This is treated as an activation cost). If you discarded a Spell card, select one Spell or Trap card on the Field and destroy it. Otherwise, select one face-up Spell or Trap card on the Field and destroy it.

Royal Paige
Spellcaster/Effect
3 Star/Light
1200 Atk / 800 Def

When this card is Normal Summoned successfully, you may add one level four or lower "Pikeru", "Curran" or "Royal" monster from your Deck to your Hand. Then, if "Court of Nobles" is face-up on your Field, you may Special Summon the monster added to your Hand by this effect in face-up Attack Position.

Royal Sentry
Warrior/Effect
4 Star/Earth
700 Atk / 1900 Def

This card can be Normal Summoned in face-up Defense Position. While "Court of Nobles" is on your Field, the Def of this card is increased by 300 and your opponent may not select any card on your Field except "Royal Sentry" as the target of an attack or card effect.

Spells

Spoiler:

Court of Nobles
Field Spell

While this card is face-up on your Field, increase the Atk of all "Curran", "Pikeru", and "Royal" monsters by 300. During your Draw Phase, instead of drawing a card, you may add one Spell Card that mentions a "Curran" or "Pikeru" monster in its card effect from your Deck to your Hand.

Traps

Spoiler:

Hereditary Title
Normal Trap

This card can only be activated on the End Phase of a turn when a "Curran", "Pikeru" or "Royal" monster(s) on your Field was destroyed. Select one Effect Monster of an equal or lower Level than one of the destroyed Monsters from your Hand or Deck and Special Summon it to your Field. A monster Special Summoned by this effect is treated as a "Royal" monster. Any effect(s) of the monster summoned by this effect that designate a monster(s) with a specific name are treated as designating "Royal" monsters and any effect(s) of the monster summoned by this effect that designate a specific Field Spell are treated as designating "Court of Nobles". In addition, any effect(s) of the monster Special Summoned by this effect that would be activated by Normal Summon or Flip Summon are activated when the monster is Special Summoned by this effect.

Royal Legacy
Normal Trap

This card can only be activated when a "Curran", "Pikeru", or "Royal" monster is destroyed and sent to your Graveyard. Select and activate one of the following:

* Draw a card. Then, if you have any "Curran", "Pikeru", or "Royal" monsters in your Hand, show one of them to your opponent in order to draw another card.
* Special Summon one level 5 or lower "Curran", "Pikeru", or "Royal" monster from your Hand or Deck, ignoring summoning conditions.

Aaand...the way I was planning to get the card game playing to commence would require being on site in Japan as I just don't see Tacey dueling some random stranger on an airplane. o.O Okay, arguably Haruko could annoy the crap out of most people and make them duel that way, but...I actually have a little plan of sorts to provide motivation, so unless it's going to be a five-page plane ride I think it can wait until landing. ;3

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Kaykayz. I'll speed along the plane ride, then: It'll be over and done with by my next IC. Oh, and we need you to post next, AE, as Achan is still waiting on an answer from Tacey and is therefore not able to notice Michel until she says something.

Hmm... my little sister just bought Disgaea 2 with her Christmas money and I've taken advantage of the fact that she needs to use my PS2 in order to play it to play the game myself. I don't know if you've ever played Disgaea, but Rozalin acts just like Tacey. It's freaky. And the male lead, Adell, has red hair like Achan's and he's forced to travel with her against his will. The resemblances end there, but it's freaky how much the characters have in common.

Really? o.o I haven't played Disgaea so I wouldn't know, but yay for freaky coincidences. :3 I've been told that another character of mine sounds just like someone from Phoenix Wright, come to think of it. Geez, why is it that my characters tend to resemble ones from games I don't know anything about? xD

And yes, I was aware, but I needed to get my mirage IC done too and I had been stalling that for a while already so I had a case of bad conscience. Ahh...the stress of RPing my characters out of plots. >0<

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Heheh.... to make things more coincidental, I've just reached the point in Disgaea where Rozalin is feeling a little bit ambiguous towards Adell as opposed to hating his guts because he wants to kill her dad. (Unfortunately, he keeps getting delayed by an annoying celebrity. XD)

Hmhmhm.... I'm thinking of throwing in the Yokai monsters at some point. They are officially my favorite set that I've created, and I only wish that I'd thought of them BEFORE the RP started.

(By the way, if you wanted to watch some of Disgaea while you still have computer access, all twelve episodes of the anime are up on Youtube. It's based on the first game so Rozalin and Adell don't even get to make a cameo, but it is amusing nevertheless.)

Ah, yes. There is only one spot left for a new character, due to the fact that another RPer will be joining soon. (Well, presuming that they figure out how to fix up certain underpowered monsters.) Keep your eyes peeled for their appearance, right after these messages!

Hmm, but I guess it'd be expected since you told us about them ages ago...regardless, it'll be nice to have some new blood around. :D

And I wouldn't worry too much about taking a little more time to write up a post, ACC, I mean technically speaking, you only need to post at least once a month and since I'm not going anywhere soon, it should be fine. :P

But then again, the other two might want a little more activity, but I guess it's ultimately up to you, oh great GM. o0

ATEEEEEEEEENSHUN! A missing RPer has briefly returned for posting duty! Cease and desist all other activities and salute or it's another lap around the barracks for you, dammit! >O

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Nah, just kidding, of course. xD Except about the 'don't post' thing. I've finally gotten my first weekend off from the military, so seeing as how you haven't wrapped up my little subplot yet (Second week and still only one new IC? Some people here needs some good old fashioned military discipline xO) I can get that done before I go. IC should be up tomorrow, because I'm a bit exhausted tonight (reduced sleeping hours, 5.30 AM wake-up calls, 3 days in the woods, near-constant stress and a cooper test can do that to you) and need to check up on what has happened here, but rest assured, it will be done. :3

Oh, and hi. ^.^ *Waves*

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So yeah, have fun this weekend. Sorry for putting off posting, but danged if beating Parasites with Wanderers and making the duel exciting at the same time is a chore. I mean, there's literally nothing to counter them because they're a completely different card than anything else, other then the usual S/T removal to get rid of barrier spells.

This is great. This means that Achan's inferiority complex to Tacey post can come later, against an opponent I've had in mind for him for a while....

IC finally done. Not my best work, but it should be sufficient for this. Sorry, but tightened schedules are just something that my muse doesn't agree with. .__. The rest should be smooth sailing (Heck, if you're really paranoid about writing a Tacey reaction you can just sort of skip over that by having Achan go up there then cut out the actual conversation and skip to the point of relaying the news as discussed :3)

And a cooper test is a standard fitness test used both in- and outside of the military. Basically, you just a track for twelve minutes and see how far you get. (so it's dependent on not only running speed but also stamina, air intake skill, and ability to pace yourself so you don't run out of steam before the time limit). Meh, my result was 2770 meters. Well above average, yes, but annoying because I fell a mere 30 meters short of meeting the green beret requirement. It's not like I really have much need for said beret, but there would still have been something in meeting the conditions, you know? Oh well, such is life. x3

Anyways, I'm probably only a few hours away from departure, so good luck with the RP. ^.^

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Compulsory military service? Really? We don't have that in Australia, which I suppose can be a good or bad thing depending on your stance with Iraq. So, I'll kind of just deter away from the topic to keep things mellow...BUT, I have to mention that AE with a green beret and the imaginary image I have of him would be cute. o0

Ahem, yes, anyway...not sure whether or not you're going to put that over sensitive and hyper happy girl in her place, ACC, but I think it was implied and I kind of just went with it. Of course, I left an opening for both scenarios so it shouldn't be too much trouble.

EDITZ: Aww man, I was hoping of getting a few more posts in for Michel, since he hasn't even duelled yet. DX But uni's starting in about a week and I've got a lot of crap to do to prepare. Sorry about this ACC, but I think I'll drop out, since I'm already in another RP and I think one's all I can handle. No offence of course, it just seems this one's kinda dead. ^^; I've put this in the actual RP thread as well, in case you miss this one. :P

Don't know what you want to do with Michel, I can write him off again. I'll think of something. T3T

I'm resisting the urge to kill you right now, Phanima. This does indeed kill the RP, right after I meant to revive it as well. >.< I suppose it could always become a fanfic someday, but still, I wanted to see it through to the end... Why must everyone I ignore leave me???? *brick'd*

Alright, I'm going to call for backup. And soon.

Er.... ALRIGHT, WE GOTTA NEW OPENING! ANYONE WISHING TO PLAY CHILDREN'S CARD GAMES IN RP FORM CAN COME! NO DECK NECESSARY TO SIGN UP, BUT WILL BE ASKED FOR EVENTUALLY! PM ALL SIGN UPS TO ME, OR POST IN THE OOC THREAD! IF YOU DON'T SIGN UP I'LL EVISCERATE YOU!

There... hopefully that attracts attention. I'll see who I can recruit. Phanima, thank you kindly for joining us. We wish you well at uni.

But don't worry ACC, I can stick around for a LITTLE longer, at least until someone joins hopefully.

Let's hope! *crosses fingers

EDIT: Well I just sorted out my timetable, it's not too bad if I do say so myself. I actually have much more free time than I thought I did (guess that's something you don't expect when changing courses), so if you'll still have me, I can keep CARD GAMES going in my repertoire. *w*

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